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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4701733, member: 1414"]
I stand by my prediction that no ACC school is going anywhere anytime soon.  Meanwhile, the Big XII deal will come up again in a few years.  So yes, we take any Big XII invite.  I expect that ACC to raid the Big XII when the Big XII deal is up and use that to reopen negotiation on the contract.  People keep saying the Big XII pays more, but it pays about the same, and the ACC deal goes up every year, so will pass the Big XII soon.  WVU would switch in a heartbeat.  Cinci would consider it, a lot of appeal to them to be with Louisville, Pitt and WVU.  UCF would be thrilled but won't be offered.

If UConn wants to be in the mix when that happens, we need to be in the Big XII, and to be successful as a P5.  That changes how we are perceived.

People predicting the ACC being picked apart aren't being realistic.  Just because FSU and Clemson are whining doesn't mean the SEC would want them or that ESPN would pay more for content they have now.  Might the B1G want UNC/UVA.  Sure.  Maybe.  Will they wait more than a decade to expand?   They can get Washington and Oregon tomorrow and probably again before the ACC GOR ends.
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